March 4, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house." — Psalm 36:8 · KJV

The queen of Sheba was amazed at the sumptuousness of Solomon's table. She lost all heart when she saw the provision of a single day, and marveled equally at the throng of servants feasted at the royal board. But what is this to the hospitality of the God of grace? Ten thousand times ten thousand of His people are daily fed; hungry and thirsty, they bring large appetites to the banquet, but not one of them returns unsatisfied; there is enough for each, enough for all, enough forevermore. Though the host that feeds at Yahweh's table is countless as the stars of heaven, yet each one has his portion of food. Think how much grace one saint requires — so much that nothing but the Infinite could supply him for one day; and yet the Lord spreads His table, not for one but for many saints, not for one day but for many years, not for many years only but for generation after generation. Observe the full feasting spoken of in the text: the guests at mercy's banquet are satisfied — no, more, "abundantly satisfied"; and that not with ordinary fare, but with fatness, the peculiar fatness of God's own house; and such feasting is guaranteed by a faithful promise to all the children of men who put their trust under the shadow of Yahweh's wings. I once thought that if I might only get the broken meat at God's back door of grace I would be satisfied, like the woman who said, "The dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the master's table"; but no child of God is ever served with scraps and leavings; like Mephibosheth, they all eat from the King's own table. In matters of grace we all have Benjamin's portion — we all have ten times more than we could have expected; and though our needs are great, we are often amazed at the marvelous plenty of grace that God gives us to enjoy by experience.